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Advanced Aqueous Separation Systems for Actinide Partitioning

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1037326· OSTI ID:1037326
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  1. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
  2. City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
  3. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC (United States)
  5. Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville, TN (United States)
One of the most challenging aspects of advanced processing of spent nuclear fuel is the need to isolate transuranium elements from fission product lanthanides. This project expanded the scope of earlier investigations of americium (Am) partitioning from the lanthanides with the synthesis of new separations materials and a centralized focus on radiochemical characterization of the separation systems that could be developed based on these new materials. The primary objective of this program was to explore alternative materials for actinide separations and to link the design of new reagents for actinide separations to characterizations based on actinide chemistry. In the predominant trivalent oxidation state, the chemistry of lanthanides overlaps substantially with that of the trivalent actinides and their mutual separation is quite challenging.
Research Organization:
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-07ID14896
OSTI ID:
1037326
Report Number(s):
DOE-ID--14896
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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